Chula Vista Wins Little League World Championship 6-3

Chula Vista's Park View Little League Sunday became the first Little League World Series champion from San Diego County in 48 years by defeating Taoyuan, Taiwan, 6-3, in South Williamsport, Pa.

The "Blue Bombers" rallied from a 3-0 hole in the third inning to win, a comeback that was helped by some uncharacteristically sloppy play by the team representing the Asian-Pacific Region.

With the bases loaded in the bottom of the third inning, Taiwan's second baseman was unable to handle a ground ball struck by Park View's Bradley Roberto, bringing in the first run.

The winning rally came in the fourth inning.

Jensen Peterson hit a shot booted by Taiwan's shortstop. Nick Conlin doubled to right-center, and Seth Godfrey brought in the second run with a sacrifice fly. Conlin tied the game when he scored on a wild pitch.

A two-out RBI single by Bulla Graft put Chula Vista ahead.

The game was saved by a brilliant double play in the fifth inning by Park View shortstop Andy Rios. With one out and the bases loaded, Rios fielded a ground ball, tagged the runner coming off second base and threw to first base to get out of the inning.

In front of a crowd of 32,400 that included Vice President Joseph Biden, Park View added insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI double by Godfrey and a run-scoring single by Rios, who was not retired in any of his at- bats over the weekend.